Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-29

A colony OF Quakers is expected to locate !
Nevada county, California.
Many cattle are dying in the cattle rancho
OF Victoria, British Columbia.
A nock Of blue-birds put in an appearance
at Port Jeryis, N Y. Thursday.
The state iutc factory at San Quentin, Cal
returned 1883 profits last year.
The body OF fish is great puzzle, becaus
YOU can't make head nor tail of 1t.
Hunters complain of the scarcity of deer II
the psSuntains near Santa Rosa, Cal.
Rabbt-hunting by moonlight is now indnlget
in BY ranchers in the vicinity Of Lexington
Three thousand rats were killed during !
recent rat-hunt by the citizens Of Millcrsourg
ohio.
1t Is thought that Elko county Nevada,
will in year pay out 100000 in rabbit-scalT
bourtles
Reno, New, complains that the sawdust In
Trs,ckee river has produced much disease IL
that town.
There are three thousand men employed IN
drift-mlnng IN California, and the product IS
sslo00,ooo a year.
Gail Hamilton says that "a woman OF q
should be as much ashamed OF being dyspeptie
rs % being drunk
During the year 1856 s6,7lf21s in fares
we're collected by the street.raIlroad compa.
mics In Philadelphia
Ii Is reported that Californian. who has a
bsnd 81 sheep IN Lake county Oregon, LOST
one thousand head last week
Oregon. The destructive animals pay noctrn-
nal visits to hsystacks In large drovcs, where
the hunters lay In wait for them
Arrangements are being made in San Diego,
Cal, 10 bring out a colony 81 one hundred
families from the sonth 81 Ireland.
Editors In all parts Of the coua,ry are said
tc be simplifying their baskets to aecommo'
date an expected rush Of spring poetry.
Mention Is made Of the fact that In the min.
ing-cxchangr IN boston on q recent week day
not single share OF stock was bought or sold.
A woman at Santa Cruz. Cal, has sned her
husband for divorce, the chief ground for com.
plsint being that he neglected 10 say grace At
his meals.
A domestic goose was klcl By gentleman
living on Cache creek, Lake county, caIlfor-
MIA recently, and In iis crop was found a large
quantity Of gold dust
'slsn't my poetry Of a high orderf' cycam-
ed the indignant poet. ut Is, indeed. re.
piled the editor, who remembered seeing his
wife papcring the garnet With II.
There IL considerable stir among Insurance
men at Carson, New, over The passage of blu
compelling them TO pay the full face Of poll
cy on total losses II passed the house unanl'
mouxiy
Georgia mail carrier carried Jug Of
whisky with him and peddled The stun ont
along his route, believing that the government
which he Represented had the best interests Of
the masscs at heart.
There Is at present a good supply Of snow Ia
the sierras, aud II Is believed that unless there
shall be q season OF warm rains early IN the
spr!ng there will be no scarcity OF water la
Carson river next summer
sam Jones says that more social scandals
are originated III chur'h gossip than anywhere
else, and that the Lord VIII forgive sinner
ten times a. quick seandai, monger.
Samuel has probably felt the sting
One of the old mesiones which once ex.
tended along the old Boston road ia series
from New York through .he New England
states 10 Boston VIII stand IN the Bowesy, II
bears the inscription: "one mile from the
City Iialln
new arrangement has been added to the
schestnui bell" New when the bell Is struck
miniature rat runs across the breast OF the
wearer and stops In full View Of the victim.
To make II more effective the word rats 10
inscribed on the rat.
"A man hns lnsulted me,r exclaimed lady
hall
colietc dress sand | want redress "You
certainly do, replied her brute OF husband,
who didn't approve Of his wife's taste in dress
..Redrrss would Improve several ladies here. :"
According TO Prof Baird fish has no ma
turi,y. aud there Is nothing to prevent II from
living indefinitely and growing continually.
pike living 10 Russia dates back In age to
the fifteenth ccninfy. In the royal aquarium
at st Petersburg are fish that have been there
40 years
For Years New Workers have been contribut-
Ing to the support III a 'lltile colored church,
supposed TO exist In their midst. An inyestl
cation showed the church was a myth, and
the snppositious pastor, who has been living
ON their bounty. has been "sen, to the island
fer three mouths
4 ehorns-gIrl at The Metropolitan opera
hnase, New York, can not get married., II is
stated, unless she gives the manager at least
two weeks notice, Otherwise her contract be-
comes null. II Is further stated that the
manager has not been known TO withhold his
assent In any case
The man who knows something ard who
knows that he knows something is happy
uan; the man who knoas nothing. aud who
knows that he knows nothing, is comparative
In happy; but the man who knows nothing
hui who don't know that be knows nothing
is . wreiehed fool.
Al American has hought the land over the
famous 'blue grotion Of Capri, aud claims
that the curiosity belongs to him. lawsuit
hrs cnsned. and IL he wins he can close up the
cave, while II he loses his suit be eau make
hole through the ceiling aud destroy the
peculiar efrecl Of the light.
Thirteen years ago hospital was started in
London on the plan OF discardng the use OF
alcohol exeep; where every other means failed
Since the beginning onl, four eases out Of
ters OF thousands have been treated with sleo-
biol, and the percentage Of rccoyerIes has been
much larger than in any other hospital.
A reception which the reporter OF country
paper described was evidently OF deep color'i
IN costume. One dress Ia described as IA
black velvet train Of magnificent richness. IL
was trimmed with white lace and beads, and
diamonds set OF the deep color OF her cos
tune" Another. noticeable for its deep
color" was n BLACK silk rich, pure fabric
trimmed With black lace in a long train, and
she wore diamonds on her neck aud hands,